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Working with Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies Resources from Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program.

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1 Working with Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies Resources from Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq. The National American Indian Court Judges Association Conference Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Minnesota October 19, 2012 Copyright 2012 1

2 Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: The Foundation Judges Tell: What I Wish I Had Known Before I Presided in an Adult Victim Sexual Assault Case Understanding Sexual Violence: The Judge’s Role In Stranger and Nonstranger Rape and Sexual Assault Cases Two day in-person curriculum Four Hour DVD Version Copyright 2012 2

3 Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: The Foundation The Undetected Rapist (7 minute DVD) A Response to “The Undetected Rapist” (23 minute DVD) Copyright 2012 3

4 Educating Judges and Court Staff About the Intersection of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence “If a partner is controlling, abusive, and violent in the kitchen, the living room, and in public, why would he stop the abuse at the bedroom door?” -Hon. Jeffrey Kremers, Chief Judge, First Judicial Administrative District, Milwaukee, WI Copyright 2012 4

5 Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence Cases Web Course Available FREE at: http://www.njep-ipsacourse.org. Educating Judges and Court Staff About the Intersection of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Copyright 2012 5

6 Web Course: Adaptations for Local Law and Practice Tribal Courts Minnesota Courts Copyright 2012 6

7 Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence Cases – Multi-Use Modules 15 Minute Introductory Module 60 Minute Risk Assessment Module 90 Minute Civil/Family Court Module 90 Minute Criminal Court Module 180 Minute Civil/Family Court Module 180 Minute Criminal Court Module Copyright 2012 7

8 Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: Multi-Use Modules The Challenges of Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases: Materials for New Judges Raped or “Seduced”?: How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence Interpreters in Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases Copyright 2012 8

9 Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: Multi-Use Modules Jury Selection and Decision Making in Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases Women in Drug Treatment Courts: Sexual Assault as the Underlying Trauma Elder Victims of Sexual Abuse Copyright 2012 9

10 Contact Lynn Hecht Schafran Director National Judicial Education Program Legal Momentum 395 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 lschafran@legalmomentum.org www.njep.org Copyright 2012 10


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